Romain Grosjean has indicated the previous Formula 1 bosses he raced for in his career were better at managing him than current team Haas.
Grosjean will walk away from F1 at the end of the year after Haas informed him he wouldn’t be retained for 2021, ending a five-year relationship with the American outfit.
Haas boss Gunther Steiner said Grosjean, who joined the team ahead of its debut F1 season in 2016, was “tough to manage” ahead of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix,
Asked what he made of Steiner’s remarks, Grosjean said, as quoted by Motorsport.com: “I don’t want to go into too much detail.
“I think I’ve brought a fair bit to the team and I’ve had moments, yes, I’ve made mistakes – but who doesn’t?
“Also, when you have a poor car, you need to be able to drive to 105% to get anything good and when you drive to that level there is high chances you’re going to make mistakes.
“When you have a top car, you can drive at 99.8% and that means you’re more consistent. I’ve known both situations and that’s why I can say that.
“Am I difficult to manage? I don’t know. [But] some people did that very well with me in the past, so I guess it’s possible.”
Grosjean has just one points finish to his name in 2020 with a ninth place finish at the Nurburgring, ending a run of 20 races without scoring that stretched back to last year’s German Grand Prix.
Despite the VF-20 lacking raw speed throughout most of the season, Grosjean is still satisfied with his performances this year.
“Apart from Turkey in the wet, where I was absolutely nowhere,” Grosjean said.
“Generally I’ve got the maximum of the car, whenever possible – Germany is a good example, and the race in Monza was pretty good, as well as Mugello.
“So yeah, I’m happy with the season. It’s difficult to say how good the season is because of the car we have – but I think it’s a really good season.”
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